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Quantum Physics Oct 12, 2022

A crystalline attoclock: Ultrafast motion of free electrons in solids tracked to within attoseconds

From experience, driving through the city center takes longer than covering the same distance on an open country road. After all, you will encounter a lot of other road users, red lights, road works and traffic jams in the ...

Education Oct 5, 2022

What is 'blended learning' and how can it benefit post-secondary students?

Blended learning combines face-to-face and virtual instruction through the use of online learning technologies. Post-secondary students attend lectures in real-time, either virtually or in person, and this is accompanied ...

Evolution Oct 3, 2022

How do bacteria evolve in the gut over the course of a year?

Our bodies go through several changes throughout our lives. The same happens with the microbes that live with us. After all, these make up a big portion of the cells in our organism. But, in comparison with the cells that ...

Planetary Sciences Sep 26, 2022

The asteroid that formed Vredefort crater was bigger than previously believed

About 2 billion years ago, an impactor hurtled toward Earth, crashing into the planet in an area near present-day Johannesburg, South Africa. The impactor—most likely an asteroid—formed what is today the biggest crater ...

Social Sciences Sep 23, 2022

Why do we laugh? New study considers possible evolutionary reasons behind this very human behavior

A woman in labor is having a terrible time and suddenly shouts out: "Shouldn't! Wouldn't! Couldn't! Didn't! Can't!"

Polymers Sep 15, 2022

Researchers attempt to print thin-film transistors with metal oxides onto heat-sensitive materials

Within the Functional Oxides Printed on Polymers and Paper (FOXIP) project, researchers form Empa, EPFL and the Paul Scherrer Institute attempted to print thin-film transistors with metal oxides onto heat-sensitive materials ...

Materials Science Sep 2, 2022

A new catalyst to slow down global warming

Russian scientists have developed a new, highly efficient catalyst for carbon dioxide industrial processing that makes the process simple and inexpensive. Scientists from MISIS University, Lomonosov Moscow State University ...

Superconductivity Aug 18, 2022

Researchers untangle the physics of high-temperature superconductors

When some materials are cooled to a certain temperature, they lose electric resistance, becoming superconductors.

Optics & Photonics Aug 16, 2022

Hollow-core fibers for precise positioning in space

The vision of cars that drive or planes that fly themselves can only become true if the electronics on board can determine where they are in space, anytime and with reliable precision. In the aerospace sector, this job is ...

Social Sciences Aug 12, 2022

Learning how clothes are made has a 'transformative' effect on people's relationship with fast fashion

Knowing more about how clothes were made can have a transformative effect on people's relationship with fast fashion, a new study shows.

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